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545 PEOPLE By Charlie Reese
“Politicians are the only people in the world who create
problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever
wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are
against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever
wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation
and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? You
and I don't propose a federal budget. The president
does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority
to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives
does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress
does. You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress
does. You and I don't control monetary policy, the
Federal Reserve Bank does. One hundred senators, 435
congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices
545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly,
legally, morally, and individually responsible for the
domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the
members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem
was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated
its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a
federally chartered, but private, central bank. I excluded
all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.
They have no legal authority. They have no ability to
coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one
cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a
politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has
the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the
lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's
responsibility to determine how he votes. Those 545 human
beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what
they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this
common con regardless of party. What separates a politician
from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.
No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who
stood up and criticized the President for creating
deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He
cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution,
which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole
responsibility to the House of Representatives for
originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who
is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the
majority party. She and fellow House members, not the
president, can approve any budget they want. If the
president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they
agree to. It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300
million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted
by present facts of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not
traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully
grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of
the federal government, then it must follow that what exists
is what they want to exist. If the tax code is unfair,
it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in
the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the
Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they
want them in IRAQ .If they do not receive social security
but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the
people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these
545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire
and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts
and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they
give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this
power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief
that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the
economy,' 'inflation,' or 'politics'
that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to
do. Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They,
and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should
be held accountable by the people who are their bosses
provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own
employees. We should vote all of them out of office and
clean up their mess!”
Used by permission from
Charlie Reese a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel
Newspaper.
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